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Cell Theory Q1S1
7th Grade Q1, Seq 1 - What is Cell Theory?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Quantitative data | Data gathered that includes numbers. |
| qualitative data | Data gathered with your senses that include qualities. |
| unicellular | organisms that are made of only one cell. |
| multicellular | organisms that are made of more than one cell. |
| controlled experiment | A lab investigation in which all the variables are kept the same except for the one that is changed. |
| field study | A scientific study of free-living plants or animals in which the subjects are observed in their natural habitat without changing, harming, or altering the setting or subject. |
| observation | Information gathered by recognizing and noting some fact or event in the natural world; includes the act of measuring. |
| model | A simplified representation of a system that are useful for studying systems that are too big, too small, or too dangerous to study directly. |
| Cell Theory | States that all organisms (living things) are made up of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of all living things, and all cells come from pre-existing cells. |
| Scientific theory | Explains why something happens |
| Scientific law | Predicts or describes what will happen |